Apple posts record revenue, declares higher dividend payout – Check record date

The Company has declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share of the Company’s common stock, an increase of 7 per cent.

The investors in Apple stock will be relieved after the company announced the financial results for its fiscal 2021 second quarter ended March 27, 2021. The Company posted a March quarter record revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 per cent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.40. The international sales accounted for 67 per cent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple along with Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google is collectively referred to as FAANG stock. On April 28, 2021, the Apple stock was quoting at about $136 up by over 85 per cent in the last 12- months.

As an Indian investor, you can still own a portion of any US stock including Apple by investing as low as Rs 5000. This is possible as owning US stocks in Fractions is allowed by regulations. Fractional share investing helps one to keep accumulating stock in ‘Fraction’s thus participating in the growth story of the company in the long term.

“This quarter reflects both the enduring ways our products have helped our users meet this moment in their own lives, as well as the optimism consumers, seem to feel about better days ahead for all of us,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

“Apple is in a period of sweeping innovation across our product lineup, and we’re keeping focus on how we can help our teams and the communities where we work emerge from this pandemic into a better world. That certainly begins with products like the all-new iMac and iPad Pro, but it extends to efforts like the 8 gigawatts of new clean energy we’ll help bring onto the grid and our $430 billion investment in the United States over the next 5 years.”

Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share of the Company’s common stock, an increase of 7 percent. The dividend is payable on May 13, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 10, 2021. The board of directors has also authorized an increase of $90 billion to the existing share repurchase program.

“We are proud of our March quarter performance, which included revenue records in each of our geographic segments and strong double-digit growth in each of our product categories, driving our installed base of active devices to an all-time high,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO.

“These results allowed us to generate operating cash flow of $24 billion and return nearly $23 billion to shareholders during the quarter. We are confident in our future and continue to make significant investments to support our long-term plans and enrich our customers’ lives,” adds Maestri in the company statement.